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Poison Ivy

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Dejected about her relationship with her father, Darryl (Tom Skerritt), a teen girl, Sylvie Cooper (Sara Gilbert), grows closer to a fiery fellow student named Ivy (Drew Barrymore). But as much as Sylvie craves Ivy's wildness, Ivy, in turn, is attracted to Sylvie's comfortable home life. Ivy seduces Darryl in an attempt to have that life for herself, and also takes steps to kill Sylvie's mother, Georgie (Cheryl Ladd), who is seriously ill, making it look like Sylvie is the guilty one.
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An unpleasant thriller that lacks the self-awareness to dilute its sordid undertones, Poison Ivy is liable to give audiences a rash.

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Nina Autostraddle The title credits hadn't finished rolling and I knew this was going to become a favorite movie of mine. Aug 13, 2021 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Kim Newman Empire Magazine Ambiguous and intriguing. Rated: 3/5 Feb 11, 2008 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an often astonishingly sluggish piece of work that proves unable to capture the viewer’s interest right from the get-go... Rated: 1.5/4 May 24, 2023 Full Review Hannah Engler PopMatters Poison Ivy provides a rare example of an adolescent role that seems grounded in the real desperation of adolescence. May 5, 2022 Full Review Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) I love Poison Ivy-but of course I love Poison Ivy, because I love the color red, and I love lots of rain in a movie, and I love horny melodrama. Jan 20, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 31 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $1,800,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Robyn M Always watch this when it comes on TV. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/25 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst movies I've ever seen. And the music was really annoying in this film. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Pierre L the horror of the seduction Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I found it very predictable and boring. Its pace is a bit slow. I skip parts of it just so that I knew exactly what happened and I still found it boring. Yet, less boring than it'd be if I had watched the whole thing. I think in great part this is due to the lack of depth of the characters. We know little about each of them, and none of them is likable or interesting. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I like the way Drew was teasing Tom sc Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Andy Ruben

Director

Katt Shea

Director

Drew Barrymore

Ivy

Tom Skerritt

Darryl Cooper

Sara Gilbert

Sylvie Cooper

Cheryl Ladd

Georgie Cooper

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Synopsis Dejected about her relationship with her father, Darryl (Tom Skerritt), a teen girl, Sylvie Cooper (Sara Gilbert), grows closer to a fiery fellow student named Ivy (Drew Barrymore). But as much as Sylvie craves Ivy's wildness, Ivy, in turn, is attracted to Sylvie's comfortable home life. Ivy seduces Darryl in an attempt to have that life for herself, and also takes steps to kill Sylvie's mother, Georgie (Cheryl Ladd), who is seriously ill, making it look like Sylvie is the guilty one.
Director
Andy Ruben, Katt Shea
Production Co
New Line Cinema, MG Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 2, 1999
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.8M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Surround